REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Agreement Between the County of Santa Clara and City of Santa Clara for the Provision of Senior Nutrition Program - COVID-19 Emergency Meals and Related Budget Amendment
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clara works collaboratively with the County of Santa Clara (County) to provide a Senior Nutrition Congregate Meals Program (Program) at the Santa Clara Senior Center. The Program targets adults over age 60 and special needs populations. The Program goals are to reduce hunger and food insecurity, increase socialization, and promote health and well-being. The current agreement for fiscal year 2021/22 provides on average 63 meals per day, five days per week, for a total of 17,112 annual meals. However, due to continuing impacts of the pandemic which resulted in an increase in food insecurity among eligible program participants, the average daily meals served in Santa Clara is 120 meals per day. The County was informed of the increased number of meals served and advised the City of Santa Clara Senior Nutrition Program that it could continue serving above the budgeted level and that it would issue an additional agreement to fund additional meals similar to what it had done previously when the County issued an "end of Fiscal Year adjustment", which retroactively provided for additional meals served above that year's budget total.
DISCUSSION
In June 2022, the County issued an Agreement (Attachment 1) to the City of Santa Clara Senior Nutrition Program to enable reimbursement for up to 5,000 COVID-19 emergency meals served between January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022. The County anticipates that the City will serve on average 120 meals per day in contrast to the budgeted 69 per day through June 30, 2022. The Agreement, if approved, will provide added funding in the amount of $56,000 for Fiscal Year 2021/22.
The action under considerat...
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